Brad Goreski's Hollywood Hills Home: A Tour

Photographs by Rebecca Smeyne

  • Brad and Penelope
  • Eat-in kitchen with pleather grometted chairs and crystal chandelier
  • Chandelier detail
  • An Al Hirshfeld drawing of the "Will and Grace" cast. (Gary was a writer on the show.)
  • The Al Hirshfeld drawing, up close.
  • A painting by Sal Messina
  • Charles Hollis Jones chandeliers in the hallway -- last 2 available as part of a numbered series.
  • One of the stingray-covered side-tables.
  • Detail of the stingray side-table and a Gucci ashtray
  • One of several '60s-era educational maps
  • Their dining room table is by Craig Elwood.
  • 18th-Century Indian closet doors
  • A photograph by Mark Snow, taken backstage at Balmain in 1955.
  • A picture of Stewie from "The Family Guy," holding up Gary's Thom Browne sweater. (Gary is a writer on the show.)
  • Another "Family Guy" character, dressed as Marilyn Monroe.
  • In the bedroom, a vintage Louis Vuitton suitcase found at the Rose Bowl flea market.
  • Another vintage suitcase find
  • An ashtray from Capri. Though neither Brad nor Gary smoke, they collect ashtrays from around the world.
  • Their shower is modeled on one they saw at a South African game reserve.
  • The soaking tub is from Indonesia, and the stools and woven bowl are from Africa.
  • A Masai tribe necklace in the TV room.
  • Brad in his office with Penelope, sitting at a Danish desk he found on eBay.
  • The closet!
  • Shoes
  • Bags
  • Brad's desk. He's a huge Bruce Weber fan and found this out-of-print poster at the Rose Bowl.
  • n the desk: his own book and collection of glasses and watches, in a Gucci jewelry box.
  • A Shirley Temple doll from his grandmother, who collected antique toys.
  • Antique Victorian baby shoes, also from his grandmother.
  • Brad has loved the Smurfs since he was a kid.
  • On his desk, a copy of "Voguing," recently found on a book tour in London. "Paris is Burning" is a constant source of inspiration for him, and he considers the ball scene a den a true creativity.
  • The pool
  • The house sits right underneath the Hollywood sign.
  • A duck
 
You've no doubt caught a peek of stylist Brad Goreski's immaculate Hollywood Hills home on his new Bravo show It's a Brad, Brad World. If, like us, you wanted a little more than a peek... well, now you're in luck. Brad very kindly let PAPER photographer Rebecca Smeyne into his house -- where's he's lived for 11 years with his boyfriend Gary Janetti and their dog Penelope. Take a tour of the house and ogle at everything from their Indonesian soaking tub, Brad's antique Shirley Temple doll and, of course, his closet.

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This story was published on Feb. 20, 2012

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